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'Belgica' ordinarily denotes the Roman province of Gallia Belgica.

★ In the Roman province, a mixture of Germanic and Gaulish peoples were referred to by Romans as Belgae

★ The Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries, later divided in:

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★ 'Belgica Foederata' or the ''federal'' Dutch Republic

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★ 'Belgica Regia' or the ''royal'' Southern Netherlands

★ The kingdom of Belgium revived the toponym in a new form in 1830.

★ RV Belgica has been the name of two Belgian scientific research vessels, of 1884 and 1984.

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★ The Belgian Antarctic Expedition was named after the first Belgica.

★ ''Belgica'' (genus), a genus of flies

★ The Belgica Mountains in Antarctica were named after the first research vessel.

★ The Belgica Mounds are seamounts in the Porcupine Bight in the NE Atlantic. They were named after the RV Belgica which investigated these features during a scientific cruise in 1997.